THE VANDERVILT HOUSES :: Cornelius Vanberbilt II house, largest home ever in New York City. The townhouse, occupied the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, was constructed for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, eldest grandson of the Commodore, Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the family fortune, in 1883. But this magnificent home too was demolished in 1927 and today the site is occupied by the Bergdorf Goodman department store.

The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, constructed for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, eldest grandson of the Commodore, Cornelius, founder of the family fortune in 1883; at 1 West 57th Street, New York City. Feeling others were trying to outdo him, he bought all the property on the 5th Avenue block, hired George B. Post + Richard Morris Hunt to construct a much larger mansion, filling the entire block front. The interiors were done by the French design firm Jules Allard Sons.

Until <a href='http://ki.se/en/about/aula-medica' target='_blank'>Aula Medica</a> was built, there was no large auditorium at the Karolinska Institutet (a medical university in Solna, Sweden). The building houses a 1,000-seat auditorium and other facilities. <!-- --> </br><strong>Category: </strong>Higher education and research <!-- --> </br><strong>Architects: </strong>Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB (Sweden)

World Architecture Festival 2014: Building of the Year Award Winners. Yalikavak Marina Complex, Turkey, designed by EAA-Emre Arolat Architects, won the Completed Buildings - Shopping award. Yalikavak is one of the lagoons on the southwestern coast of Turkey. An "island" part of Yalikavak Marina, which is the first phase of the complex, is planned to house retail, restaurants, beach-pool club, sanitary and mechanical units for the needs of megayachts that will dock there.

Created to not only take full use of its surrounding area but also help re-introduce the native wetlands, the Stamp House aims to be an off-the-grid environmental statement that looks like a fortress floating on water. Designed by Charles Wright Architects and located in the FNQ beachfront rain-forest of Queensland, Australia, this building is only accessible by bridge and has been built to handle nature's roughest conditions. www.daily-art.com

UNStudio’s Ardmore Residence in Singapore #architecture

ARDMORE RESIDENCE, SINGAPORE ////// In this fluid design of a 36-storey apartment by UN Studio, the structure becomes a parameter in a network of possibilities, generated by parametric design processes. The structure melts into the architectural form. #civil #structural #geotechnical #engineering #design #architecture

Cayan Tower Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, "Dubai has welcomed another record-breaking tower this week as the Cayan Tower (formerly Infinity Tower) was inaugurated by its developer, Saudi Arabia-based Cayan Investment & Development. Cayan Tower is a 75-storey, 307m-high residential structure which is set apart by a 90 degree shift of its floorplates between the base and top, making it the tallest twisted tower in the world."

This twisted skyscraper is, amazingly, a real thing and not a concept. Unsurprisingly, it can be found in the city where no architectural idea is too silly: Dubai. (via slate.com)

One Central Park, Sydney. The most unique part of this 384-foot-tall residential building is the growth of plants around the outside, which the architects use for shading and to direct sunlight to save energy

A closer look into “Vivo on High Line”, a joint winner of Living Cities 2014 | "Vivo on High Line" by NBRS+Partners for Living Cities | Bustler

Vivo on the Highline, New York, NBRS + Partners Proposes

In response to New York City’s rapidly expanding population, NBRS + Partners has proposed a 40 story tall skyscraper that could help the city embrace its rapidly shifting demographics and size. Entitled “VIVO on High Line,” the adaptable steel-frame tower is essentially the vertical extension of the city’s beloved High Line park.

Fall House by Fougeron Architecture April 29th, 2014 Fougeron Architecture have designed the Fall House, located in Big Sur, California.

The fall house The home sits on the rocky and rugged Big Sur coast. The work of the architectural firm Fougeron consisted of to used these features to her advantage. “I had this idea of having the house cascade down the hill to take advantage of the view as much as possible,” she says. “Sometimes modern homes look like they’ve landed on the site out of nowhere. We wanted to make the home indistinguishable from the site, totally embedded and following the contours.” Photography by Joe Fletcher

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Small House in an Olive Grove by Cooper Joseph Studio | HomeDSGN, a daily source for inspiration and fresh ideas on interior design and home decoration.

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Trendy Home in California Overlooking an Olive Orchard - - This modern home was designed by Cooper Joseph Studio and is located in the Dry Creek Valley near Sonoma, California. According to the architects, it is spread on three levels and its total surface is 850 square feet. Here is a short description from the project developers: “Situated at...

Ground, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut The new Ground cafe, at Yale's Marcel Breuer-designed Becton School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), serves not only to create social cohesion among faculty and students of the engineering school, but also to encourage interaction between and among members of other departments in the university. In the design, Bentel and Bentel Architects engaged the unadorned poured-concrete volume of this former seminar room by layering a ...

Floating City: a dream that may become a reality Architecture studio AT Design Office has developed a project for an Atlantis-like floating underwater city. The Chinese construction firm CCCC plans to build the ocean metropolis in an area of four square miles, with the same technologies used to build a 31-mile bridge between the cities of Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai.

See The Concept Design For A Floating Ocean City | The Creators Project

The craziest futuristic floating city yet, proposed by AT Design Office.

Chinese Company Wants To Build Underwater City. The China Communications construction company has recently commissioned AT Design Office to plan a four square mile underwater city. If you prefer to listen to the story… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-jvf8Mf6Bs

Futuristic Floating City Could Soon Become a Reality - My Modern Metropolis